10 WWE Wrestlers Who Went Backwards In 2017
It has been a year to forget for many superstars.
2017 was a great year for a host of WWE’s performers. AJ Styles consolidated himself as one of the best (if not the best) in the world, while The Usos gained an entirely new lease of life as the top tag team on SmackDown Live. Braun Strowman continued to prove that he is the next great ‘Big Man’ in professional wrestling, and Alexa Bliss utterly dominated the RAW women’s division.
It wasn’t a banner year for everyone however, although being WWE that almost goes without saying. Some of the most talented individuals in the company were on the cusp of greatness in 2017, only to find themselves frustratingly slipping further and further down the totem pole as the months passed by.
Injury was to blame for some, while others were let down by poor performances and uninspired feuds. WWE’s ineffectual booking was the major problem experienced by many however, and the inability of the creative team to look beyond one or two major stories at a time has led to some fantastically talented performers ending the year in a far worse position than how they started it.